The idea of my parents was to keep us away from the streets. Gelsenkirchen is not a rich city. The crime is above average so they always tried to keep us away from bad things, and I think they were successful.
More Quotes by Ilkay Gundogan
Everyone has his or her own opinion and I always welcome criticism. That's why we have freedom of expression and that's also what I stand for - but I won't stand for insults.
I speak German, Turkish and English perfectly. And I can communicate in Russian.
If I don't get out of my comfort zone, I will never change and never improve.
I feel privileged to have grown up in Germany so it was a heavy blow for me to be portrayed as somebody who isn't integrated and who doesn't live his life according to German values.
If we are quite defensive and we lose the ball, we just try to get back into our positions and try to defend. That's something you have to do from time to time.
When you are not able to score the first goal, maybe we get nervous and don't 100% feel the confidence is there and we have to be patient.